Power Train Problems of Chrysler Town & Country - part 1

Van was driving fine, no issues. Regular maintenance done, and 100,000 mile work completed within last year. One day it was totally fine, the next day it was whining, hopping and driving unsafely. Transmission randomly needs replaced. Throwing codes for low pressure and the pump losing prime. All codes were transmission lost of pressure related and the transmission has an internal failure.

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Couldn't reverse vehicle after buying the vehicle three days ago. My safety and my passengers safety wasn't safe I almost got hit from the front and back trying to reverse the vehicle to go. I can put the vehicle in any other gear and it works but the reverse. I called the vehicle repair shop and bring it in to the shop where I was told they were going to work on the vehicle for free since I only had it for three days. I paid for the warranty part and everything. This the second car I bought from fett's city motors that been dangerous to operate on roads and highways.

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The contact owns a 2016 Chrysler town and country. The contact stated while driving 65 mph, the vehicle decelerated and stalled. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic, and it was determined that the transmission pump had failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not yet repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure, but no assistance was offered. The contact was informed that the VIN was not included in NHTSA campaign number: 16v461000 (power train). The contact stated that the vehicle had experienced the failure listed in the recall. The local dealer was not contacted. The failure mileage was 103,000.

I was pulling up to a red stoplight to stop and the vehicle sputtered to a stop & the engine stalled and I tried to restart the vehicle & it immediately died 2 times. On the 2rd time starting the vehicle it stayed one, I had put on my hazard lights by this time as the light had already turned green and the 2 cars behind me had pulled around me to go through the intersection. Once my car started again, I pulled over to the turn lane & pulled into the gas station parking lot. The car stayed on and was ok until I was almost home. I had pulled up to stop at a stop sign & it reacted similarly; sputtered to a stop then just turned off. No check engine light on or anything. Thankfully ai was able to make it the couple. Blocks away to my home.

The contact owns a 2016 Chrysler Town & Country. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed and attempting to accelerate, the rpm increased quickly but the vehicle lost motive power. The contact was able to pull over to the shoulder of the roadway, where the failure persisted, and the contact became aware that the vehicle failed to respond while in reverse. The check engine warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was towed to the dealer, who diagnosed a failure with the transmission pump. The vehicle was not repaired. After investigating the failure, the contact related the failure to NHTSA campaign number: 16v461000 (power train), but the VIN was not included. The manufacturer was notified of the failure but provided no assistance. The failure mileage was 77,000.

I purchased the vehicle yesterday. On drive home I noticed that it stop pulling. I took foot off of gas and reapply and the vehicle picked up speed again. I got home and checked recalls for this year vehicle and noticed a safety recall for the transmission. When I called dealership today and gave the VIN # they said there were no recalls for my vehicle. But my vehicle is performing exactly like the safety recall reported. Person I bought it from said she's been the only owner. So now I'm going to have to find a shop to repair the transmission because I refuse to drive a vehicle that's unsafe. Why was my van not included in the recall when the recall list included my year make and model?.

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The vehicle randomly shuts off while driving dash goes black and then randomly starts back up or I have to put it in (n) to start it back up while im at a free role I lose control of the power steering and braking this is a dangerous for myself my children and grand kids also others im the road this is seriously gonna get someone hurt this issue should not be occurring this is very dangerous.

I purchased a used 2016 Chrysler Town & Country in February 2017 at 33,000 miles. At 77,000 miles, the transmission failed and had to be replaced, just beyond the 65,000-mile warranty. The second transmission has now failed again just beyond 100,000 miles. In addition to the repeated transmission failures, this vehicle was manufactured without a transmission dipstick, which Chrysler made proprietary. Multiple mechanics confirmed that checking or maintaining transmission fluid requires special tools or dealer-only service, making regular maintenance nearly impossible for owners. This design flaw contributes to premature failure of the transmission and creates a safety and reliability risk. Chrysler must be held accountable for releasing a vehicle with limited serviceability and repeat major component failures. I am requesting the NHTSA investigate this issue for safety, design defect, and potential recall.

The contact owns a 2016 Chrysler town and country. The contact stated while driving at 30 mph and depressing the accelerator pedal, the vehicle failed to respond as intended. The contact stated that a dealer was contacted, and the vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed with transmission failure. The contact was informed that the transmission pump had failed, and the transmission needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was notified of the failure, and informed the contact that the VIN was not under recall. The contact related the failure to NHTSA campaign number: 16v461000 (power train). The approximate failure mileage was 120,000.

The contact owns a 2016 Chrysler Town & Country. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the engine seized. There were no warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was restarted after several attempts; however, the failure reoccurred. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed with transmission pump module failure. The contact was informed that the transmission pump needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. In addition, the contact stated the failure had occurred with an infant child inside the vehicle. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 116,000.

Transmission codes but not having transmission issues even verified by shop and couldn't find issue. Then out of no where transmission revved hard on its own causing it to almost red line.

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The transmission failed. There were no lights on on the dash, vehicle started making a whining noise and within 12 hrs of the onset the transmission started to fail. The van would lose the ability to accelerate and put my family and other in danger because it happened on the highway and our vehicle was stopped in traffic. The check engine light did not come on until a few hours after the transmission failed, but there were no light indicators prior to this happening. The transmission has been replaced after the damaged transmission was inspected by our mechanic and he stated that with less than 100k miles on the vehicle, based on the amount of metal and debris in the transmission pan, there must have been an issue with it during manufacturing. The original transmission will be returned shortly for a core refund, so will not be available for additional inspection after that. The van was test driven by our mechanic and the issue was replicated while he was driving, ie, it would not accelerate after about 5 minutes of driving.

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The transmission studders and temporarily loss of power. Chrysler is aware of issue but will not do anything until NHTSA makes a recall. This is our family of 5 primary vehicle, and we are afraid of this issues causing an accident that can cause harm if not death. I thought the s44 recall would cover the vehicle but it's not listed.

1st vehicle was driving heavy so I got it checked and the transmission had to be replaced, this was in July?? 2024. The vehicle was still driving heavy 2nd was the traction light(s) vsr?? light turned on 3rd the check engine light came on and gave a p0420 code. The right catalytic converter was replaced in March 2025 4th the same day I went to repare the catalytic converter (before replacement), the blind spot system warning came on along with 1. My windshield wipers turning on and off by themselves, 2. Rpm went down to 0, 3. The low fuel sign came on even though I just fueled up and the needle dropped to e, 4. The mph also went down to 0, 5. The tire detection came on + the light, 6. The abs light came on, 7. The traction lights came, 8. Heating/a/c system dropped to a lower pressure and then regained pressure, 9. There is a skip when accelerating, 10. Won't properly read mileages used11. I lose control of my turn signals, lights, wipers and hazard light as well as the powered windows everything turned off and I gained control again then it started again I turned the vehicle off but the lights kept turning on and off and I kept gaining control then losing it all of this occurs while I am driving, at a stop, or just turning on the vehicle yes this possesses an issue for my and the safety of others no and yes about the confirmed issues with a certified dealership no because I am scheduled for an appointment with a Chrysler dealer tomorrow (Mar. 20th,2025) yes because I have gone to other dealers and they cannot figure out what the main issue is no the issue has not been inspected by the manufacturer, police, insurance rep. , etc. Yes and no to other warnings I knew someone was off because when I turn the key to the run position right before I turn the vehicle on, the check engine light stays on if I leave it in that position until all the other lights turn off, the check engine light remains on when I turn the vehicle completely on, the check engine light disappears.

The contact owns a 2016 Chrysler Town & Country. The contact stated while driving 30 mph or more, the transmission jerked before shifting gear. Additionally, while driving 35 - 40 mph, there was a grinding metal sound coming from underneath the vehicle. While driving 30 mph, the vehicle vibrated abnormally, without warning. The contact stated that the failure was intermittent. There were no warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who diagnosed the vehicle with transmission failure. The contact was informed that the transmission needed to be replaced. The dealer confirmed that the VIN was not included in NHTSA campaign number: 16v461000 (power train). The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was informed of the failure. The manufacturer referred the contact to the NHTSA hotline to report the failure. The failure mileage was 198,000.

Wife was driving vehicle home and loud whining began. Vehicle started to jerk on way home. Got home to driveway and car would not pull itself up the hill of driveway. Vehicle will not shift into any gear now except park.

The contact owns a 2015 Chrysler town and country. The contact stated that while her husband was driving uphill at an undisclosed speed, the transmission failed to properly shift into a higher gear, and the engine was revving abnormally. The contact pulled over the side of the road 1,000 ft away from the residence and added transmission fluid to the vehicle. The contact stated that while following her husband in another vehicle, she observed leaking fluid underneath the vehicle. The contact’s husband stopped the vehicle and the contact noticed that transmission reservoir was empathy. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed and determined that the transmission fluid was leaking from the bell housing, and the transmission needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The vehicle was then towed to another independent transmission mechanic but had not yet been diagnosed. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 64,000.

Vehicle was built in April 2014 and now has a transmission pump failure. Vehicles built between January and April 2014 were recalled. Subsequently 2015 through 2016 vehicles were recalled for the same reasons. The vehicle exhibit the exact symptoms as the recalled vehicles. I also have obd data if needed for evidence.

Transmission failed while driving in the highway. There’s a recall s44 but my VIN is not included in the list while my car has the same symptoms that the cars included in that recall.

Sudden transmission failure while driving caused loss of power while in active traffic. Engine code p076a.

The contact owns a 2010 Chrysler town and country. The contact stated that while operating the vehicle, the brake warning light and traction control warning light suddenly illuminated, and the instrument panel gauges became inoperable before the vehicle momentarily shut off and restarted. Additionally, after starting the vehicle, the gear shifter failed to immediately shift out of park. The contact stated that after turning off and restarting the vehicle, the contact was able to shift the gear shifter out of park(p). The cause of the failure was not yet determined. The local dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer was notified of the failure, but no assistance was offered. The failure mileage was 150,000.

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The contact owns a 2018 Chrysler town and country. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle seized with no warning light illuminated. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the transmission pump failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was not available.

Purchased vehicle in March 2024 then in late August 2024 the engine light came on. On October 3rd I took the vehicle to a chrylser dealer near me and they diagnosed it as needing a transmission & oil cooler replacement, #5 fuel injector, and vacuum harness among other things.

The contact owns a 2016 Chrysler town & county the contact stated that while driving 65 mph, the check engine light illuminated and misfired. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired by an independent mechanic or dealer. The VIN was not included in NHTSA campaign number: 16v461000 (power train) as the contact was relating the failure to the recall. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 176,212.

Oil housing has been replaced 4 times. Since 64k miles, now at 112k. There needs to be a recall. There are so many similar occurances. This is a huge fire hazzard.

On interstate 95 I was on the on ramp and tried to accelerate and merge onto the highway the rpms went way up and the vehicle slowed down and has no acceleration leaving me in the path of a tractor trailer who honked his horn and barely missed me. I limped to the shoulder got a toe trk to row it to a repair facility. I was told the tranmission pump had gone out and that there was a recall for these transmissions.

Noticed the vehicle was leaking fluid. The vehicle temperature gauge was also running hot. Went to a garage on 9 18 2024 and was told the 2 transmission hose lines were leaking and needed replacing. Was a significant leak. Was not able to use the vehicle due to hot temperature gauge and only able to drive the vehicle a short distance and leaking fluids. Had to have both transmission hoses replaced at about 84500 miles. (see different complaint, that 1 - 2 months later, on 12 5 2024 had to go to a garage and have the oil filter housing replaced due to another leak and replace all related fluids).

Unknown nature of causing transmission to surgeon rpms before going into overdrive. Has caused the vehicle to go into limp or loss of power mode. Would be very dangerous if it happened on a interstate or very busy highway. Could cause a wreck or death.

I was driving and all of a sudden my 2015 town and country was shifting erratically then the transmission had no drive all rpms kept going up but no movement there needs to be a recall for these 62te transmissions there are so many complaints about these transmissions failing and nothing has been done over years and years same issue.

The van began making a squeal noise and the rpms fluctuating then the check engine light came, I got it scanned the code was for low transmission pressure, this vehicle has less then 100,000 miles on it. The vehicle was inspected by two different repair shops.

The contact owns a 2016 Chrysler town and country. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the check engine warning illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where the vehicle was diagnosed as a failure with the transmission torque converter. The contact was informed that the transmission torque converter needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The dealer was not contacted, and the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and referred the contact to the nhsta hotline for assistance. The failure mileage was approximately 108,000. The VIN was not available.

While driving, transmission began to stutter and car began to buck. No check engine lights came on. Transmission then had a whining noise and was overheating.

While driving the vehicle it loses power and will not shift gears. This happened in the middle of a busy highway with me and my children in the car. When turning the van off and back on it will then go into gear but then quickly loses power and will not move forward. This happened 7/28/2024.

Cylinder #1 misfire fuel injectors replaced 4/16/2024; 7/26/2024 cylinder #6 misfire and compression leak. Chrysler refuses to acknowledge additional issue with this 3. 6l engine cylinder head. Customer service disconnected me when I asked to file a complaint. Called the canadian phone number on x56 service bulletin and repeatedly got disconnect.

The contact owns a 2016 Chrysler town and country. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed, the contact became aware of a failure with the transmission. The contact stated that the vehicle could not be shifted out of neutral. There was no warning light illuminated. The vehicle was able to restart however, the failure recurred. The vehicle was towed to the dealer where it was diagnosed as a failure with the transmission pump. The contact was informed that the transmission needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 97,000.